Thank you to all of the North East members of The Business Services Association who attended our round table today, held in partnership with The North East Combined Authority. The result? Big ideas, bold plans and brilliant people driving forward the Local Growth Plan. This is collaboration in action, and we’re excited to be part of the conversation about the future of our amazing region! #ThinkNewcastleCollege #NorthEastGrowth

👉 Sharing Stephanie Crane post which captures the day perfectly. Such a fantastic day at Southwark College for the first T Level stakeholder event. 🤝 It was great to connect with colleagues across the sector and hear valuable insights. The energy in the room was inspiring, and the collaboration across stakeholders really highlighted our shared commitment. 💡I’m looking forward to building on these conversations. I left feeling more confident about how I can best support providers and add value to our stakeholders. 🙏 Huge thanks to everyone who made the effort to come together and share.

We are proud to celebrate Southwark College Media Lecturer, Arta Barzanji, who is co-curator of Serge Daney and the Promise of Cinema at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts. This ten-film series explores the cinematic legacy of Serge Daney, one of the most influential critics of the 20th century. Featuring guest introductions and a free Sabzian dossier, it offers a rich experience for students, educators, and film enthusiasts. Arta’s involvement highlights the expertise and passion within our teaching team, who bring their industry knowledge and networks directly into the classroom. Supported by the ICA and Southwark College, this collaboration demonstrates how our staff connect learning to real-world opportunities. 👉 Find out more and secure your ticket: https://lnkd.in/etXfCPQ9 Institute of Contemporary Arts Sabzian vzw #SouthwarkCollege #LecturerSpotlight #CollegePride #MediaEducation #FilmCriticism #CinemaHistory

✨ A fantastic way to kick off the 2025/26 academic year! Today, we brought together brilliant minds and passionate voices — collaborating with Dave Litherland from Tawd Valley Developments Limited and Dawn Hughes from West Lancashire College on the Skelmersdale #Masterplan #Youth #Panel. This partnership is all about empowering young people to shape the future of their town, giving them a platform to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and co-create a vision they can be proud of. The energy, creativity, and ambition in the room today were truly inspiring. 🚀 Excited to see how this journey unfolds as we connect education, industry, and community for meaningful change. Mark Kitts #Collaboration #YouthVoice #Skelmersdale #Education #CommunityDevelopment #Partnerships #FutureLeaders

Good governance in education matters more than ever. In a time of growing pressure across both further and higher education, the way boards are structured and how they operate is under the spotlight. In this joint piece by CEO, Liz Bromley and Paul Aristides, Partner at Anderson Quigley, they explore why board culture, not just composition, is key. With more FE leaders retiring and looking for new ways to contribute, there’s huge untapped potential for universities to strengthen governance by bringing FE expertise to the boardroom. https://lnkd.in/eqiHgT-6

It was great to welcome Gary Schofield, the Industry Manager from City & Guilds into our brand-new training kitchen for a discussion last week with myself, Wendy Bennett and Adam Swain about current and future qualifications for our Hospitality and Catering courses 😊   I am thrilled to be working with Gary as I am confident that the support provided from City & Guilds will be exceptional for our students who are about to embark on the courses.

That’s a wrap on our Leadership Summit 2025! Today our current and future leaders from across our Group gathered for the Leadership Summit (South) at Lewisham College for our second day of collaboration, innovation and impact. After a wonderful welcome from CEO Liz Bromley, Principal Jamie Stevenson and Dr Katerina Kolyva from Education and Training Foundation we were lucky enough to be entertained by learners from both the Lewisham Student Choir and Dance Group 🙌👏 We continued our conversations around AI in education and leadership, and explored the impact we make individually and collectively on our students, our staff and our wider communities. Today’s fireside chat (luckily without an actual fire to add more heat) featured Sarah McGrath, Christian Thersby, Simon Ross and Candice McCausland, sharing their journeys into their leadership roles and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. A huge thank you to everyone at Lewisham College for the warm welcome and for all of our wonderful leadership community and special guests for attending on the hottest of days and contributing to today’s discussions. 👏 #NCGLeadership #OneNCG